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SIMEON J.' HICKS, OF ENGLEWOOD, ILLINOIS.

CONFECTIONERY-MACHINE.

sPEcIFIcATIoN forming part ef Lettere Patent Ne. 531,033, datedDeeemieer 18, 1894. Application filed March 14, 1894. Serial No.503,566. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

B e it known that I, SIMEON J. Hicks, of Englewood, in the county ofOook and State of Illinois,'have invented a new and useful Improvementin Confectionery-Machines, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Y

lThe object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedconfectionery machine, which is simple and durable in construction,

very effective in operation, and more especi'ally designed for cuttingbuttercups and similar forms from a drawn and liattened piece of candyorvother substance.

The invention consists principally of 'a hinged stripper plate adaptedto support the pieces cut by the knives.

The invention further consists of a hinged stripper plate adapted topass over the lower knives, a pivoted frame carrying the upper knives,and catches held in the said frame and adapted to engage the saidstripper plate, to swing the same upward to move the candy pieces frombetween the lower knives, and to drop the same at the rear of themachine.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details, andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar'letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improve` ment. Fig. 2 is a frontview of the same; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of partof the improvement on the line 3-3 0f Fig. 2.

The improved machine is provided with a suitably constructed table A, onwhich is arranged the longitudinally extending knife plate B, carryingthe transversely arranged knives D, projecting through a stripper plateC hinged at O tothe rear edge of the knife plate B, as is plainly shownin Fig. A3. A spring C2 secured to the table A presses on the rearprojecting end of .the said stripper plate C, so as to hold the samenormally in position on top of the knife plate B, as is plainly shown insaid Fig. 3.

Directly opposite the stationary knives D are arranged the knives E,secured on the under side of a movable knife frame F provided withrearwardly extending arms F', pivoted at F2 to brackets secured to thetable A. The sides of the arms F are pivotally connected with downwardlyextending arms G connected `with each othery by a transverse rod Hfitted to slide in slotted standards or hangers I, secured to the underside of the table A.

. The rod H is connected by an adjustable link J with a treadle K underthe control of the operators foot and fulcrumed at K to a bracketsupported in the iioor or other con- Yenient place. On the treadle Kpulls a spring L, secured to the under side of the table A, so as tohold the said treadle K normally in an uppermost position, as indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereby the knife framepF, with its-knives E,is likewise held in an uppermost position. Shown in dotted lines in Fig.1.

On the ends of the .knife frame F are held spring catches N, extendingdownward and adapted to engage the projecting ends of the stripper plateC, so as to impart an upward swinging motion to the same at the time theoperator releases the treadle K and the spring L pulls the latter upwardto move the knife frame F in" the same direction.

The operation is as follows: When the operator releases the treadle K,then the knife frame F stands in an uppermost position, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 1, to permit the operator t0 place the drawn andflattened piece of candy or other material on the stationary knives D,projecting above the stripper plate O. The operator then presses withhis foot on the treadle K, to swing the same downward and to force theknife frame F to swing downward so that the knives E, in conjunctionwith the lower set of knives D, cut the candy into pieces restingbetween the knives D on the stripper plate O. The operator then releasesthe pressure on the treadle K, so that the spring L pulls the treadleupward, whereby the knife frame F is caused to swing upward and rearwardto move the knives E out of contact with the cut pieces of candy. Theframe F, in its upward movement, finally causes the catches N to engagethe projecting ends of the stripper plate C so as to impart an upwardswinging motion to loo the said stripper plate, whereby the candy piecesare carried along by the stripper plate and moved out from between theknives D. When the stripper plate C is moved into an inclined positionand is free from the knives, then the pieces of candy carried by thestripper plate slide rearward off the same, or are pushed from the plateby the operator, and at this time the catches N, in moving upward withthe frame F, disengage the said stripper `plate, so that the latterswings downward, back to its normal position by the action of its springC2.

The above described operation is then re peated; that is, the operatorplaces a new piece of drawn candy over the projecting fixed knives D,and then presses the treadle K to cause the frame F to swing downwardand cut the candy, after which the operator releases the treadle topermit the frameF to swing back in an upward direction and to move thestripper plate upward by the catches N, to disengage the pieces of candyfrom the knives D, and to permit the same to slide over the stripperplate onto the rear cf the table.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A confectionery machine provided with ahinged stripper plate adapted to support the pieces cnt by the knives,substantially as shown and described.

2. A confectionery machine provided with a set of fixed knives, a set ofmovable knives, and ahin ged stripper plate engaging the said fixedknives to support the candy cut by the knives, substantially as shownand described.

3. A confectionery machine provided with a set of fixed knives, a set ofmovable knives, a hinged stripper plate engaging the said fixed knivesto support the candy cut by theknives, and means, substantially as shownand described, for operating the said stripper plate from the framecarrying the movable knives, substantially as shown and described.

4. A confectionery machine, comprising a fixed knife plate carryingknives, a hinged knife frame carrying knives operating in conjunctionwith the said fixed knives, and a stripper plate hinged on the fixedknife plate 5o and formed with slots for the passage of the fixedknives, substantially as shown and described.

5. A confectionery machine, comprising a fixed knife plate carryingknives, a hinged knife frame carrying knives operating in conjunctionwith the said fixed knives, a stripper plate hinged on the fixed knifeplate and formed with slots for the passage of the fixed knives, and aspring for holding the said stripper plate in a normal position over thesaid fixed knife plate, as set forth.

6. A confectionery machine, comprising a fixed knife plate carryingknives, a hinged knife frame carrying knives operating in ccnjunctionwith the said fixed knives, a stripper plate hinged on the fixed knifeplate and formed withslots for thepassage of the fixed knives, andcatches held on the said hinged knife frame and adapted to engage thesaid stripper plate to impart an upward swinging motion to the same tomove the candy out from between the fixed knives, substantially as shownand described.

7. A` confectionery machine, comprising a fixed knife plate carryingknives, a hinged knife frame carrying knives operating in conjunctionwith the saidfixed knives, a stripper' plate hinged on the fixed knifeplate and formed with slots for the passage ot' the fixed knives, and atreadle mechanism connected with the said hinged knife frame to actuatethe latter, substantially as shown and described.

8. A confectionery machine, comprising a fixed knife plate carryingknives, a hinged knife frame carrying knives operating inconjunctionwith the said fixed knives, a` stripper plate hinged on thefixed knife plate and formed with slots for the passage of the fixedknives, a treadle mechanism connected with the said hinged knife frameto actuate the latter, and a spring pulling cnthe said treadlemechanism, substantially as shown and described.

SIMEON J. HICKS.

Witnesses:

F. P. Fear, T. W. KENDALL.

